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  1. 23 hours ago · The company was one of the least affected banks during the global financial crisis, but afterwards began shrinking its investment business, executing layoffs and cutting costs. The bank was at the center of multiple international investigations for tax avoidance (such as the famous "Suisse Secrets" scandal) which culminated in a guilty plea and the forfeiture of US$ 2.6 billion in fines from 2008 to 2012.

  2. 23 hours ago · Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 31st president of the United States from 1929 to 1933. A member of the Republican Party, he held office during the onset of the Great Depression. A wealthy mining engineer before his presidency, Hoover led the wartime ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › TerrorismTerrorism - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · United Airlines Flight 175 hits the South Tower of the World Trade Center during the September 11 attacks of 2001 in New York City, an act of terrorism planned by Osama bin Laden and executed by Al-Qaeda. Part of a series on Terrorism Definitions History Incidents By ideology Anarchist Communist Left-wing/Far-left Narcotics-driven Nationalist Right-wing/Far-right Religious Buddhist Christian (Mormon) Hindu Islamic (Salafi-Wahhabi) Jewish Sikh Special-interest / Single-issue Suffragette Anti ...

  4. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nazi_GermanyNazi Germany - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Name Common English terms for the German state in the Nazi era are "Nazi Germany" and the "Third Reich", which Hitler and the Nazis also referred to as the "Thousand-Year Reich" (Tausendjähriges Reich). The latter, a translation of the Nazi propaganda term Drittes Reich, was first used in Das Dritte Reich, a 1923 book by Arthur Moeller van den Bruck. The book counted the Holy Roman Empire (962–1806) as the first Reich and the German Empire (1871–1918) as the second. Background Further ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › IndiaIndia - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · However, disaffection with the company also grew during this time and set off the Indian Rebellion of 1857. Fed by diverse resentments and perceptions, including invasive British-style social reforms, harsh land taxes, and summary treatment of some rich landowners and princes, the rebellion rocked many regions of northern and central India and shook the foundations of Company rule.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Michael_GoveMichael Gove - Wikipedia

    23 hours ago · Michael Andrew Gove ( / ɡoʊv /; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a retired British politician who served in various cabinet positions under David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak. Apart from periods as a backbencher from July 2016 to June 2017 and July to October 2022, he served continuously in the cabinet from ...

  7. 23 hours ago · Sir Keir Starmer has entered 10 Downing Street as the first Labour leader to become prime minister after an election since Sir Tony Blair in 1997.